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Delle historie bresciane di M. Helia Cavriolo libri dodeci : ne' qvali si vede l'origine et antichità della città Brescia, come fv delle prime che venesse alla fede, il nvmero de martiri, et de vescovi canonizati : le gverre, i sacchi, e le rovine di qvella : tutti i suoi signori, et come peruenne sotto il felicissimo dominio venetiano

Capriolo, Elia, 15th/16th cent, Spini, Patrizio, 16th cent · 1585 · In Brescia : Appresso Pietro Maria Marchetti · 17 pictures

A 1585 Italian history of the city of Brescia by Elia Capriolo, printed in Brescia by Pietro Maria Marchetti, covering the city's origins, martyrs, bishops, wars and rulers under Venetian rule. The pictures are large woodcut decorated initial letters, P, H, I and N, built from interlaced foliage, scrolls and leaf forms that a designer could adapt for ornamental capitals and border work.

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